Lady Gaga's brand new and first-ever documentary 'Gaga: Five Foot Two' has been submitted and taken into consideration for the 2018 Academy Awards among other 170 that will vie for the final five nomination slots in its best documentary feature category, including outstanding nonfiction works like Netflix’s Gaga: Five Foot Two, the Cannes favorite Faces Places, and the feline-focused crowd-pleaser Kedi.
The Academy will announce a 15-strong, narrowed shortlist of documentary features in December. From those, five selections will be announced as the category’s nominees on the morning of Jan. 23.The 90th Oscars will be held Sunday, March 4, with television coverage airing on ABC.
The film, directed by visual artist and documentarian Chris Moukarbel, made its debut at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival before having a worldwide streaming release on Netflix two weeks later. It also has received favorable reviews from critics, with an approval rating of 74%, based on 31 reviews n Rotten Tomatoes. Film critic Owen Gleiberman reviewed the documentary for Variety saying that "Gaga radiates a potent energy — she's intensely funny and aware." Click here to watch Gaga's documentary available for streaming only on Netflix
